Richard Epstein on the Bus Strike

Libertarian law professor Richard Epstein's column this week is about the New York City school bus drivers strike:

a more sober look at the overall consequences of this strike indicates that a much more radical cure is needed to deal with the situation…. The only way in which to stop both the disruption of strikes and featherbedding is to return to market principles that allow an employer to refuse to bargain with unions and to hire individual workers on whatever terms are mutually agreeable.